Joseph Jennings Jr.

The man who arranged a robbery that led to the murder of 37-year-old Matthew Shevlin was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday. As part of a plea agreement, Eugene Sherman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Sherman conspired with Joseph Jennings Jr., 36, and 18-year-old David Harvey to break into a condominium on 400 block of M St., NW to […]

One of the three men charged with the murder of Matthew Shevlin in a botched drug robbery was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Joseph Jennings., Jr. killed Shevlin after he and two other men tried to break into Shevlin’s apartment to steal drugs. Jennings was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, but accepted a […]

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